China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 510 Chen Jingxing is the biggest insurance

The hustle and bustle of "The Walking Dead II" hasn't passed yet, and the May Day broadcast has arrived.

DreamWorks once again missed the May 1st release after "District 9" was shortlisted for the Cannes main competition last year and was postponed. Fans and audiences were somewhat disappointed.

This year's May Day event featured the Three Heroes fighting against Lu Bu.

Three domestic films compete with Hollywood split films.

The romantic movie "The Ex 4", the suspenseful crime movie "Snowstorm" and the animated movie "The Adventures of Monkey King" are competing against the superhero blockbuster "The Thunderbolts".

Since "The Return of the Monkey King", the domestic animation industry has ushered in a round of hot money investment, and it has reached its peak after "Kung Fu Panda".

This year is basically the year when various animated films are completed and released.

Especially as the animation trend set off by the box office miracle of "Wall-E" has not yet subsided, "The Adventures of Monkey King" also wants to get a piece of the May 1st holiday.

It's just a pity that "Thunderbolt" was underperformed. The box office of the three domestic movies was not satisfactory. During the four-day holiday, except for "Exodus 4", the other two movies did not even exceed 100 million.

The lack of worth-watching domestic films also made this year's May Day period a bit sluggish, with the market even smaller than last year.

Not only is the script made on special paper, but if the script is to be given to the leading actor, a designated person must put the script into a lockbox and deliver it to the person involved by plane.

In fact, Wang Jinsong has already had several firsts with Chen Jingxing.

Even without the old makeup or wig, Chen Jingxing was moved by his gentle, gentle and mellow yet undercurrent and mysterious aura.

Therefore, the requirements for scripts are also higher. For all film appointments, he must read the script first. Without a script, he will never agree to act. This is his principle for accepting roles.

For example, in the more eye-catching comic book blockbusters, it is even necessary to use deception, prepare several versions of the script, and shoot several versions of key plots and endings.

Then I contacted several veteran actors and actresses, and finally settled on Wang Jinsong.

It will be of great benefit to actors in terms of remuneration for future roles and commercial endorsements.

But unfortunately, Mr. Du was diagnosed with lung cancer and was undergoing treatment. Chen Jingxing could only regretfully find someone else.

And this change surprised Chen Jingxing.

In "Interstellar", the old professor who deceives everyone does not have many roles, but he is very important, and the performance is also difficult. He is also the big boss of the entire movie. Chen Jingxing still attaches great importance to the casting of this role.

And at least Chen Jingxing didn’t keep the movie’s title a secret.

It doesn't mean that they can't appreciate good non-realistic film and television works.

This is an actor with quite a sense of story. Chen Jingxing originally felt that Wang Jinsong was a bit different from the old professor he imagined. However, during the audition, Chen Jingxing, who had just returned from the crew of "The Matrix III", was immediately struck by the difference.

Bright.

If it weren't for Chen Jingxing's reputation, it would have been impossible for Wang Jinsong to take the role without a script.

There is nothing that can be done about it. This set is basically a copy of the confidential experience of major directors from major Hollywood studios.

But at least Chen Jingxing has no signs of destroying the audience's trust.

Moreover, the so-called principle of "reading the script first before accepting a role" is itself a method for a good actor like Wang Jinsong who cherishes his own feathers and pursues to resist risks.

Moreover, in recent years, capital likes to use old drama actors to add texture to dramas and provide supporting roles for young stars. Wang Jinsong has no shortage of drama contracts, so he has become even more picky, trying to pick and choose among a bunch of scripts, and be the tallest among the short ones.

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Even an old actor like Wang Jinsong, whose aesthetics is deeply influenced by the traditional performance system and movie appreciation standards, is far less interested in Chen Jingxing's science fiction works than young people, but he doesn't have much "feather quilt" about Chen Jingxing's movies.

"Dirty", concerns about being criticized by the audience.

More than a dozen people from the "Interstellar" starring team and senior management of the production team were sitting around a round table.

In this way, the entire crew, including the screenwriter, director, assistant director, executive director and other high-level people behind the scenes, as well as the leading actors, the total number of people who have read the complete script may only be ten or twenty.

Wang Jinsong is not an old-fashioned person with a stubborn temper, otherwise he would not have become famous at this age and become one of the most active golden supporting actors and veteran drama stars in the film and television industry, so he did not perform any drama and insisted on sticking to his principles.

drama.

Many people simply believe that realistic works or historical themes are more "advanced" and closer to "art" than science fiction, magic, fantasy, and fairy tales whose worldviews are based on fantasy, based on their own stereotypes.

In addition to the good arc of the character itself, Wang Jinsong's own temperament and performance aura are the biggest contributors.

Of course, it is easy to destroy this kind of trust. One or two bad movies are enough. Movies with such a strong reputation as Xing Ye also failed at the box office during the Spring Festival this year.

This is the first script reading.

He was not given any time to rest at all.

An empty conference room in DreamWorks.

The commercial value of Chen Jingxing's movies to actors is 24k gold plating. As the last part of the space trilogy, "Interstellar" is not to mention any breakthroughs. It is also very impressive at the box office compared with "The Center of the Earth" and "Mars".

Of course, actors are really not used to doing this, especially actors who have never worked with Chen Jingxing, such as Wang Jinsong.

This is a special kind of paper that cannot be photographed or copied. It is impossible to capture text with a mobile phone lens or camera, and the aluminum protective layer on the paper can disperse or deflect the light from the photocopier, making the copy black.

Compared to Wang Jinsong, the other leading actors are more familiar with Chen Jingxing.

Film producers who gather the cast before the script is even released are usually unreliable.

It can be seen that popular schedules also need popular movies to support them.

As he spoke, he picked up the brown-red script and looked at the words displayed on it against the ceiling light.

It's part of the script's confidentiality measures.

After all, everyone loves money.

As the biggest winner during the Spring Festival, the second season of "The Walking Dead" dominated the hot topics on social media after the Spring Festival. It's time to take a step back.

It was also the first time for several leading actors to get together and meet each other.

The agency that used to respect Wang Jinsong's willingness to take on the role was uncharacteristically different this time. After receiving the call from DreamWorks, everyone from the boss to the agent started persuading Wang Jinsong, both soft and hard.

Wang Jinsong, who is now in his early fifties, is still relatively strict in accepting roles. It cannot be said that he has never made bad movies, but there are very few.

It wasn't that it fit the image of the old professor in his mind, but it completely changed his original image.

Both Chen Kun and Lei Jiayin have worked with Chen Jingxing, and this set of confidentiality measures started in "The Martian" and was also used in "Inception".

As an experienced actor who has become quite popular in recent years, I rarely experience auditions, let alone auditions where I don’t even have a script, I just hand over a small piece of paper and say a line of audition.

Many famous directors in Hollywood keep the movie titles secret during the preparation period, and even give them other names to blur their vision.

Mainly due to the exposure brought by Chen Jingxing's films, the commercial value brought to actors is immeasurable.

Of course, the salary for "Interstellar" itself is not very high. DreamWorks already has extremely high bargaining power when it comes to actors, let alone Chen Jingxing's own movies. The salary they give will only be lower than the market, which is impossible.

Pay a premium for actors.

Wang Jinsong looked at the brown-red script in his hand and marveled: "This is the first time I have seen such a script. It feels like I have entered some secret research institution."

In fact, taking on this drama was mainly at the request of his agency.

It is common in Hollywood. In China, this method is basically only used by DreamWorks. Of course, it is mainly used in the preparation and shooting of Chen Jingxing's movies.

After May Day, "Once Upon a Time on Earth: Overture" was also completed, and Chen Jingxing started "Interstellar" non-stop.

Some people tell a story just by standing there.

Chen Jingxing will be quite busy in the future, with the two-part tribute film "1951" and the sequel to "Once Upon a Time on Earth" already in the queue.

Except for the leading role or the key role, other non-key role supporting actors do not even have a complete script, only a few words related to the role they play, and the director himself has to tell the script during filming.

Audience disappointment and dissatisfaction did not affect DreamWorks.

Originally, his first choice was Teacher Du Yulu Du. The veteran actor's temperament, who had played Zhang Tingyu, was more in line with Chen Jingxing's expectations for the role.

There are five actors in total, including Chen Kun who plays the male protagonist; the first female protagonist, Yuan Can, who plays the male protagonist’s teammate; the second female protagonist, Nini, who plays the male protagonist’s grown-up daughter; and the “Dr. Potato” who deceives the male protagonist.

"Lei Jiayin; and Wang Jinsong, who plays the father of the first heroine and the person in charge of the CNSA's search for a habitable planet.

Or the director directly tells the actors what expressions to use, what actions to do, and what lines to say, without you having to figure out the role.

This actor has created many classic roles. Yang Jinshui can compete for the number one eunuch in domestic film and television dramas, Marquis Yan in "Nirvana in Fire", Wang Puchen in "Beiping", and Xun Yu in "Army".

They are all characters that can make the audience shine.

By the way, I also want my colleagues to take a good look at it, because they will be able to eat more meat if DreamWorks' movies are withdrawn from the popular schedule.

But Chen Jingxing himself is the biggest insurance.

Wang Jinsong is not one of those veteran actors in the system. He has a superior image, temperament and figure, and has many commercial endorsements among actors of his age.

The nine films that have been released so far have all scored above 8 points without exception, and none of them are recognized as bad. The trust and reputation accumulated are very solid.

Although Nini and Yuan Pan have never worked with Chen Jingxing, they are both well-known actresses in the industry, and they have both heard of DreamWorks' script confidentiality system.

Of course, in "Interstellar", DreamWorks also introduced "high-tech" means.

In addition to the paper version of the script, DreamWorks has also customized a special reading software. The leading actors and crew executives can log in to the reading software through mobile phones, tablets or computers to obtain viewing permissions.

It was the first time for several of the leading actors to get a complete script, and they were all excited and looked through it roughly.

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